Communicating Your Faith Effectively: A Collection Of Articles Of Faith On Marriage, Relationships, Giving And Other Often Misunderstood Areas Of A Believer's Walk In Christ

By Stephen Sharang

Communicating your Faith Effectively is a collection of Articles of Faith on Marriage, Relationships, Giving and other often misunderstood areas of a Believers walk in Christ. It is designed to help you-the believers to become abreast of areas where you can spur others toward love and good deeds. (Hebrews 10:24-25). It is for you if you sincerely desire to know how to make your faith effective through the acknowledgement of all the good things Christ has done (for you) on the Cross of Calvary.(Philemon 6:8). The book will also show you how believers who are from a different persuasion can walk together in harmony and love. It is written to encourage the downtrodden- those who are cast down, ostracized, and made to feel rejected and dejected by the Church for not aligning with the often 'limited' view of the scriptures being passed down as truth through ‘discount theology’ doctrines. It will challenge what you have always believed to be the truth by dissecting the scripture through "a literal view" of what it actually says as opposed to reliance on the commandments of men passed down by the clergy overtime and camouflaged as the truth. It will lead you to say, "of a truth, the truth has made me free.. John 8:31-32.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stephen Sharang
• Release date: Sep 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005073848

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COMMUNICATING YOUR FAITH EFFECTIVELY:

Articles of Faith on Marriage, Relationships, Giving and other often misunderstood areas of a Believers walk in Christ

By

Rev. Sharang Sunday Stephen, Ph.D.

Copyright Stephen Sharang, 2020 Smashwords Edition License Notes

ISBN: 9781005073848

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INTRODUCTION

Communicating your Faith Effectively is a compilation of Articles of Faith on Marriage, Relationships, Giving and other often misunderstood areas of a Believers walk in Christ. It is designed to help believers spur one another on toward love and good deeds. (Hebrews 10:24-25). It is for everyone who sincerely desires to know how to make his or her faith effective through the acknowledgement of all the good things Christ has done for us on the Cross of Calvary.(Philemon 6:8).

The book shows how believers who are from a different persuasion can walk together in harmony and love. It is written to encourage the downtrodden- those who are cast down, ostracized, and made to feel rejected and dejected by the church for not aligning with their often ‘limited’ view of the scriptures through ‘discount theology’ doctrines. It will challenge what you have always believed to be the truth by dissecting the Scripture through a literal view of what it actually says as opposed to reliance on the commandments of men passed down by the clergy overtime and camouflaged as the truth. Its liberating theology will lead you to affirm that, "indeed the truth has made me free.." John 8:31-32

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

Communicating Your Faith

Spurring on One Another Toward Love and Good Deeds

Pastors Beware of What you preach and Teach about Polygamy

What does the Bible mean by: Each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband?

How to get people to be attracted to the message of the Gospel of Jesus- Christ

RE: What Ladies should do if they can’t find a Husband at Age 38 – Actress Sylvia Ukaatu

What Does It Mean To Bless God?

Four Pre-conditions for Polygyny

Marriage and Qualification for Leadership in the Church of God

How to get along with other people from a different persuasion or religion

Is Polygamy (Polygyny) still relevant for Christians Today?

Why Your Heritage is Colourful

The one issue that has made Christian missionaries suffer in the mission fields

Bishop Oyedepo and Succession planning in Living Faith Church

After the Divorce: What Next for Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and His wife, Anita?

If her husband dies then she is free to remarry. 1 Cor. 7:39. Does this apply to men as well?

What has Grace got to do with marriage?

Why men cannot share their wives even if they want to

Inferences, Inspiration, Revelation and the Word of God

Why rape is rampant in Nigeria and what can be done to curb it

Why RCCG should Re-think the Sack of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo for marrying Ibidun, a second wife

Signs that show that you are falling away from the Christian faith

The Dangers of the Doctrine of mandatory monogamy for Christians

Is One More Blessed to Remain in Virginity, or in Celibacy, than to beunited in Matrimony?

For Those Who Kick Against Alcohol: Should Christians Use Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers?

Re: The Bible Does not Teach that Christians should not Drink Alcohol says Pastor Adefarasin

How to Make Your Man to Stop Cheating on You

RE: Abraham Paid Corporate Tithe Not Personal Tithes: Bishop Oyedepo Reveals Top Secrets of Wealth

Why Christians Are Not 'Giving To God' Whenever They Give Their Offerings and Tithes in the Churches

Why RCCG should be commended for Sacking One of its Pastors Recently Caught in the Act of Adultery

Promoting 'Oneness' between Daddy Freeze, E.A Adeboye, D.O. Oyedepo, Paul Enenche and the Rest of us

About the Author

CHAPTER 1

COMMUNICATING YOUR FAITH

That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus, Philemon 6-8 King James Version (KJV)

According to Hebrews (11:1) Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. You require Faith to enable you please God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Faith is simply acting on God’s Word. Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

For your faith to be effective however, you need to communicate it. This kind of faith goes to the very essence of your being- your salvation and the reason you have the hope that you so much love that makes you believe in the life hereafter. You communicate your faith in God when you share His love to a dying world, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that Whosoever believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life John (3:16.)

You have been given the ministry of reconciliation to urge men and women to flee from evil and turn to God. 2 Cor.(5:11-21).

You also communicate Faith when you confess and appropriate all the good things that you have in Christ. When you fall ill for instance, you are not expected to dwell on what you feel but communicate or confess what the word of God (which is always good) says regardless of your state of health, Let the weak say I am strong Job (3:10). When you are broke, You declare confidently, I am rich, my God will supply all my need according to His riches in Glory Philippians (4:19) and so on. You may say, but that is not how the situation really is, and would I not be lying if I say otherwise?, well you have got to trust God on this, because, God Himself, calleth the things that be not as though they were. Romans(4:17).

When you act boldly concerning the things of God, what you are doing is communicating faith, For instance, many people have visited our websites and Facebook groups and pages , God’s Kingdom Church Worldwide, Centre for Biblical Christian Marriage and Biblical Marriage Ministries, while a sizable number have thrown in their lot with us, only a few however are active participants dropping comments, liking some of our posts etc., many have however, been mere onlookers, while others out of curiosity wonder how on earth Church can be online. This situation has been reversed with the advent of the Corona Virus Pandemic; many now know that Church can take place anywhere, in a Cafe, in the bus, in an auditorium, in the fields, on TV, the radio, in your homes, on Internet, on social media networks, in a hotel and so on. What is key is that people are interacting, are connected and communicating. Communication is regarded as successful if the encoded message is decoded as envisaged. In other words, if this message is understood by you, then my work is done.

It’s time for you to communicate faith through sharing of testimonies, inviting or adding your friends to the group (if indeed this platform has benefited you) , send prayer requests etc and upload mp3, post videos and other media that help build up the faith of fellow believers on the platform. You can send me messages, through Facebook messenger in the event you have something so personal you want to discuss, and share or inquire about. It’s time to make your faith effective, and it starts right now!!

CHAPTER 2

SPURRING ON ONE ANOTHER TOWARD LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS

24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)

I once lived in a compound in Karmo, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, with other tenants in the building from all walk of life and disposition. We had come to Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory to continue the